Experimental and numerical study of spar buoy-magnet/spring oscillators used as wave energy

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 489-496

  Grilli, Annette R ^a   Merrill, Jon ^a   Grilli, Stéphan T ^a   Spaulding, Malcolm L ^a   Cheung, Jeffrey T ^b  

^a University of Rhode Island   (United States)

^b ROCKWELL SCIENTIFIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary integral equations; Floating body dynamic; Heaving buoy; Linear energy generator; Linear waves; Wave energy systems

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LINEAR SYSTEMS; TURBOGENERATORS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

FLOATING BODY DYNAMICS; HEAVING BUOY; LINEAR ENERGY GENERATORS; LINEAR WAVES; WAVE ENERGY SYSTEMS;

WAVE POWER;

EID: 36448937477     PISSN: 10986189     EISSN: 15551792     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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